QUARTER FINALS

Defending champion Bayern Munich will play Manchester United in the Champions League quarter-finals, and Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund in a rematch of last season's semi-finals.
Spanish clubs Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will also meet in the quarter-finals, while Paris Saint-German and Chelsea were drawn together.
The matches will be played...

ENGLAND INNINGS (chasing 222 to win)
Chasing a challenging total of 222, the England batsmen held their nerve and closed the contest in the last over.
End of 49.1 overs: Rob Jones (28*) and Rob Sayer (10*) held their nerves to take England past the finish line. Jones struck a boundary off...

Melbourne: As Roger Federer sees it, he and Andy Murray are making a comeback from a year of ups and downs. That's putting it mildly.
For 32yearold Federer, the winner of 17 Grand Slam titles, 2013 was the year that his tenure near the top went into sharp decline. He slipped...

Kolkata: There was no end to Murali Kartik's miseries at the Eden Gardens after Friday's fan fury, as the Railways skipper was again booed by Bengal fans who shouted slogans outside the stadium at the end of the fourth day's play.
About a 100odd Bengal fans, shouting slogans of "Go Back...

Vadodara: Their fairytale run in the Ranji Trophy came to an end with a crushing quarterfinal loss on Saturday but Jammu and Kashmir captain Parvez Rasool said his team is not the least bit disheartened and will emerge stronger next season.
J&K lost by a 100 runs against Punjab in the...

Kolkata: Railways captain Murali Kartik took the attack back to the opposition camp with a timely halfcentury as the visitors need another 154 runs with seven wickets in hand as their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal against hosts Bengal hangs in balance at the end of the fourth day.
Chasing a target of...

Mumbai: Outofform Suryakumar Yadav notched up a timely, counterattacking hundred to steer defending champions Mumbai to 306 for 7 against Maharashtra in their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match at the Wankhede Stadium here on Wednesday.
Coming in to bat when Mumbai were tottering at 101 for 4 after lunch, Yadav (120) and...

New Delhi: India pummeled Russia 101 in their last pool match on Tuesday and saw Australia play out a 33 draw with New Zealand that helped India move into the quarterfinals of the junior women's hockey world cup in Monchengladbach, Germany.
India, who led 50 until halftime, pumped in five more...

London: Add Serena Williams to the list of big names eliminated early at this unpredictable Wimbledon.
The defending champion failed to close out a seesaw third set Monday, dropping the last four games against Sabine Lisicki of Germany to lose 62, 16, 64 in the fourth round and end her careerbest...

Dortmund: Borussia Dortmund's dramatic 32 Champions League quarterfinal win over Malaga on Tuesday left the Germans dizzy with success while their opponents were fuming over the late winner. Former European champions Dortmund scored twice in stoppage time, including a controversial winning goal from defender Felipe Santana, that saw them complete...

Barcelona: Paris St Germain's strategy for Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal, second leg at Barcelona will not depend on whether Lionel Messi features for the La Liga leaders, PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Tuesday. The Argentine World Player of the Year strained a hamstring in last week's 22 firstleg draw...

Istanbul: Real Madrid reached the Champions League semifinals for the third straight season on Tuesday despite losing 32 at Galatasaray following a secondhalf resurgence by the Turkish team. Madrid needed a double from Cristiano Ronaldo to advance 53 on aggregate, but only after conceding three goals in a 16minute span...

Barcelona: Lionel Messi's Barcelona gave an emphatic response to the doubters when they made Champions League history by overturning a 2-0 first-leg deficit to oust seven-times European Cup winners AC Milan on Tuesday. Messi's superb double set Barca on their way in the first half at a raucous but desperately...

Melbourne: Russian Ekaterina Makarova is eager to meet Maria Sharapova in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Tuesday even though her compatriot has been one of the dominant women players of the tournament. The 19th seed met Sharapova in the same round last year at Melbourne Park, with the...

Mumbai: Mumbai have assured themselves of a place in the Ranji Trophy's lastfour stage after bundling out Baroda for 271 before extending their lead to 545 runs on the fourth and penultimate day of their quarterfinal clash here on Wednesday.
Even if the match ends in a draw on Thursday, Mumbai,...

Rajkot: Middleorder batsman Manish Pandey's fine century might go in vain as hosts Saurashtra took the vital first innings lead against Karnataka on the third day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match here on Tuesday.
Saurashtra took a crucial 73run first inning lead after restricting Karnataka to 396 in reply to...

Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar scored his 80th firstclass century for Mumbai to help his team post 272 for 3 on day one of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal clash against Baroda at the Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday.
He was wellsupported by opener Wasim Jaffer (137*), who scored his second consecutive century, having...

Mumbai: Mumbai's Ranji Trophy campaign would be boosted by the availability of Sachin Tendulkar to play in their quarterfinal game against Baroda here from January 610.
"He will play against Baroda and the team will be selected day after tomorrow," informed Mumbai Cricket Association's joint secretary and meeting convener Nitin Dalal...

Shanghai: Parupalli Kashyap lost his quarterfinal match at the $350,000 China Open Super Series Premier badminton event to local hope Zhengming Wang in straight games here on Friday. The World No.17 Chinese won their first ever encounter 2117, 217 in 34 minutes at the Yuan Shen Gymnasium.
Wang's net winners proved...

Moscow: Ana Ivanovic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup on Thursday by beating qualifier Valeria Solovieva 61, 64.
The 11thranked Serb broke Solovieva three times in the 19yearold Russian's second match on the WTA Tour.
Ivanovic, whose best result this season was a semifinal appearance in Indian Wells in March,...

Odense: In a dramatic comeback, badminton World No.4 Saina Nehwal of India won her second round match against Japanese Minatsu Mitani to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier here Thursday.
The thirdseeded Indian defeated the unseeded Japanese World No.28 2115, 2114 in 20 minutes.
The...

New York: Maybe Roger Federer got too much time off between U.S. Open matches. This much is certain: He won't be playing again at this year's tournament after losing to Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.
Fivetime champion Federer departs Flushing Meadows before the semifinals for the first time since 2003, stunned...

Cricketing rivalry between India and Pakistan has always been compelling. It generates tremendous anticipation among the fans and media alike around the world. Even the under19 matches between the archrivals are played with cracking intensity and players from both the countries leave no stone unturned to win the match. Under19...

New Zealander Scott Styris matched Shahid Afridi's record of fastest century on Tuesday, with the only difference being that Afridi did it in oneday international cricket while Styris' 37ball ton came for Sussex.
Styris smashed a century from 37 balls in the Friends Life T20 quarterfinal against Gloucestershire, taking Sussex through...

London: Roger Federer had to stave off a comeback rather than make one on Monday, holding off Xavier Malisse in four sets to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Federer struggled with a back problem in the first set and left Centre Court for a medical timeout of more than eight minutes when...

Gdansk: Joachim Loew's bold decision to completely overhaul his forward line will be viewed as a resounding success after Germany crushed Greece 42 on Friday to claim a place in the last four of Euro 2012.
Replacing Mario Gomez, the tournament's joint topscorer, with Miroslav Klose and omitting the experienced Lukas...